The purpose of the study is to determine whether there exist variations between laboratory findings and clinicians' preliminary diagnosis of patients. Missed or incorrect and sometimes delayed diagnoses can lead to inappropriate healthcare delivery to patients, increased healthcare cost and poor patient outcome. Evidence in medicine seemed strongest for technology-based systems...

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A thesis submitted to the Department of Computer Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Philosophy in Health Informatics, 2014.